Movies

A father decides to put his delinquent daughter into a temple in Kyoto known for its austere novitiate. Initially resistant to all forms of...

A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge...

In an Edo-era women's prison, Ochiyo manages to escape execution during a fire and becomes determined to seek revenge against her harsh jailers.

A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs he's in contact with.

9th film in the series about Lord Mito

The third chapter of the ‘Red Peony Gambler’ saga depicts the happiness and sadness of Red Peony Oryu’s life as she seals her...

On a trip to Japan, an American student watches the lives of the Geishas in a tea house.

During the latter part of the 16th Century, Japan's Warring States era was coming to a close. After crushing almost all of his enemies, Date Masamune...

Based on a novel by Tsutomu Mizukami, this haunting melodrama focuses on a young bamboo worker who takes his father's prostitute as his wife.

A story about a tomboy, Otoshi, who is good at singing, dancing and fencing.

A dashing edition with fights , love, and laughter, in which the sorrows and joys of the guiltless world are colored by the guiltless travel crow,...

1962 Japanese movie

The film portrays a satirical view of today's heartless money-oriented society.

All that remains of the first Samurai Town Story is the concluding battle.

A young man and a woman are on a mission to protect a mysterious mirror that hides the secrets of a great fortune.

Ichibei teams up with Chief Jindayo of the Goomune (Japan’s gypsies’) in order to steal the shogunate’s solid gold statue of Ieyasu...

This is the story of Gonpachi, a ronin who falls in love with the daughter of a man he had killed many years before.

Ninkyo with Kôji Tsuruta. An elderly yakuza brother tries to clear an underling’s name.